28 After they with the iron gauntlets had violently dragged all the flesh from the neck to the chin, the panther-like animals tore off the very skin of his head, but he, bearing with firmness this misery, said, (WEB) 29 “How sweet is every form of death for the religion of our fathers!” Then he said to the tyrant, (WEB) 30 “Don’t you think, most cruel of all tyrants, that you are now tortured more than I, finding your arrogant conception of tyranny conquered by our perseverance in behalf of our religion? (WEB)
4 Maccabees 9:28–30
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4 Maccabees 11:19–21
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4 Maccabees 9:6–8
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4 Maccabees 9:14–16
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4 Maccabees 10:9–11
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